One-on-one with: Greg Smith

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Amid all the Rockets changes, Greg Smith wound up wearing No. 4, and with that, he said come expectations.

“I haven’t heard from (Luis) Scola, but I know what he’d say,” Smith said. “He’ll say play hard and live up to the No. 4. He did some work. It will be tough, but I’m going to try to do it. I have to live up to this number.”

To do that, he said he wanted to take advantage of the months spent with coaches on the Toyota Center practice court and the apparent need for a physical, backup center.

“I have a good feeling I can show what I can do and all the work I put in this summer will translate to games. … That’s one thing I’ve been working on this summer, getting my body stronger and more versatile to guard the Marc Gasols, Dwight Howards and Andrew Bynums.”